The big story in The New York Times on November 20, 1985, concerned Hurricane Kate's advance as it smashed into northern Cuba and the Florida Keys before barreling north to threaten the Gulf Coast. But another big story -- for the technology world -- was about to unfold thousands of miles away in Las Vegas, where the Comdex trade show was getting under way.

It depends. If Microsoft perseveres, it might still suck in the future.

LOL, well... you look at Windows 1.0 and where the OS is now, and it's quite a big leap. Who knows what RT will be like 10 years from now, which I imagine is the MINIMUM amount of time it will take before any self-respecting power user will go anywhere near it.